Chapter 544 Ideals and Reality Are Not Contradictory
"In addition to the two exercises I mentioned above and the abdominal binder, I also have several medicinal diet recipes for postpartum mothers to replenish their qi and blood."
In addition, there are several skin care recipes.
I'm telling you this to put your minds at ease.
I am not such a pedantic person. Although I am willing to help women all over the world, I know very well how many people I can help even if I give away all my wealth.
Not to mention, if you follow me to learn, whether you want to acquire a skill in the future, are interested in it, or as I said when I recruited you, after graduating from my school, you will be recommended by me to have a good job.
I think it's all good.
In my opinion, it is already quite remarkable that you were able to break free from your constraints and strive for this opportunity to study at my midwifery school.
Humans are born into this world and must eat, drink, and relieve themselves to meet the basic needs of themselves and their families. This cannot be accomplished with just a surge of passion.
Ultimately, it all comes down to practical implementation.
As Li San Niang spoke, the expressions of the people below the stage varied. However, none of them expected that Li San Niang would say these things so directly, without any attempt to conceal them.
It should be noted that people at that time valued the beauty of subtlety. The social hierarchy was scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, with merchants ranked last. This was fundamentally related to the small-scale peasant economy of the feudal society at that time.
The Tang Dynasty was the most tolerant dynasty towards merchants, which led to its prosperous economy. Circulating currency was truly useful, allowing everyone from the bottom up to make a profit.
But the essence of it cannot be said.
In the eyes of aristocratic families, they could not see how their land acquisitions, human trafficking, and exploitation of others' surplus labor value were being used to benefit them.
They would only say that scholars are the most important aspect of the world, the key to helping sages govern the country, and indispensable.
Therefore, these richest people will always look down on business and insist on expressing how utterly despicable money is.
How should I put it? It's quite hypocritical.
Even Li's mother, sitting in the audience, never expected that Li San Niang would say these things in front of everyone. However, Li's mother believed that Li San Niang must have her own reasons, so she did not interrupt.
"I'm saying this to tell you that after you graduate from my midwifery school, besides working as a midwife and having a meal, you can also have other income to help you get what you want, whether it's raising children, taking care of your parents, or just going to a mutton soup restaurant a couple more times."
Ideals and reality are never contradictory!
In the future, you can become a new type of midwife to deliver babies for women. You can deliver babies for poor mothers and charge a few copper coins in exchange for your minimum guarantee of their safety and that of their children.
You can certainly deliver babies for wealthy families and provide them with better service.
Take this abdominal binder for example. Even though you can see how it's made and make it at home, can't you make different styles of abdominal binders in advance and sell them?
You can teach these exercises that are good for new mothers for free, and then you can sell the blood-nourishing soups and skin-nourishing pills to wealthy women.
You can act as midwives yourselves, and your family members can help you with these miscellaneous tasks.
I tell you these things to put your minds at ease.
Trust me, I, Li Mingfang, will not let you down!
Having made grand promises and reassured everyone, Li Sanniang smiled and said to them, "Our theoretical lesson is basically over."
Before the practical class, I will conduct an exam to help you identify and fill in any gaps in your knowledge.
Therefore, before the next exam, you not only need to do well on this assignment, but also try your best to review the content I taught in the previous sessions. We will then have a two-hour exam.
Li San Niang looked at the crowd below the stage with satisfaction. Even Li's mother and sister-in-law looked shocked. She clapped her hands and said, "Alright, that's all for today."
I wish you all the best in your exams.
This grade is tied to your final academic credits.
Every day, something new happens in Chang'an. For example, what happened today at Li San Niang's midwifery school would probably shock people so much that their jaws would drop if told.
Meanwhile, the forward post station of the Anxi Protectorate, located 7,000 li away from Chang'an, finally received a letter from Chang'an.
The messenger, weary from his journey, dismounted and took out his token and seal from his pocket to show to the city gate guard. Only after confirming that it was indeed him did he receive a cup of hot tea.
The messenger, seeing that the horse was about to be led to the back to water and feed the horses, quickly stopped the soldier, saying, "Good brother, take this horse and help me feed it properly."
I must get this letter; I must examine it carefully. It contains the concerns and worries of the families of thousands of soldiers.
The messenger took the bag full of letters off the horse's neck, placed it at his feet, and then picked up his teacup to drink.
"You'll have to stay here with us tonight; the supply soldiers won't arrive until tomorrow."
"Then you can go into town with them."
So, five days later, in the military camp in Shule, Li Dalang finally received the concern from the Li family in Chang'an.
Li Dalang first washed his hands before carefully opening the envelope wrapped in oil paper and taking out a letter containing about ten pages.
Before even reading the letter, just looking at these ten-plus pages of paper made Li Dalang feel very comforted.
Under the sun's rays, Li Dalang began reading from the first page of the letter.
"How is my son?"
Your family misses you dearly. Your mother has no other wish but that you be safe and well and return home soon.
..."
After reading the whole page, I found Li's handwriting at the very bottom: "Tiger Head, you may want a future, but your life is more important."
As a father, I wish my son a safe and speedy return home.
Just reading the letters from Brother Li and Sister-in-law Li brought tears to Li Dalang's eyes.
After wiping away the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand and blowing his nose, Li Dalang finally unfolded the second page of the letter. It was written by his father and mother, and his mother was especially concerned about him. In it, she wrote about all the big and small things that had happened at home since he left.
"...Grandma doesn't know when you will be able to return home. Next month, she will go to Xuandu Temple to ask for a peace talisman. When she gets the talisman for you, she will send it to you along with the letter when the messenger comes to collect the letter. You must be obedient and wear it close to your body so that the Taoist Ancestor can bless you."
Li Dalang couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought about the whole Li family going to the Xuandu Temple during the Ghost Festival.
Li Dalang's alternating crying and laughing while reading the letter was truly baffling.
However, not far from where Li Dalang was reading the letter, his former colleagues who had shared life and death with him were quite envious.
“Alas, my mother is illiterate, and she didn’t write to me this time. It’s really good that Brother Li received a letter from home, and there are so many pages of it.”
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